Improvement in sulky-plows



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A. H. GALE. Sulky-Plow.

Patented Sept. 16,1879

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

ANSEL HAYES GALE, OF FBEEPORT, ILLINOIS.

IM PROVEMENT IN SULKY-PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,709, dated September 16, 1879 application filed November 1, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANsEL HAYES GALE, of Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented Improvements in Plows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of plows which are known bythe name of sulky or riding plows, and constructed of wrought and cast iron, and in which axles of various kinds are used.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means for securing in such plows a greater adjustability and ease in working. This I accomplish by bolting to the sides of an iron frame circular plates, each plate havin g a central rigid hollow stud, and the upper half of the periphery ,cogged. With each of these plates is conn an outer circular plate having a v centraljh'ub, and attached to its face-a spindle or journal for the wheel. I also provide an iron clasp, which is bolted to the inside of the cogged plate, and extending to the opposite side of the outer plate,fs'of as to hold the two plates together and in place. The outer plate is furnished on its face with two flanges extending from the hub to the periphery or rim, and between which flanges a lever is bolted. This lever has a clip for keeping the lever in correct position, and through said clip a draw-bolt works. The draw-bolt engages between the cogs, and is retracted by means of a hand bell-crank lever and connecting-rod.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved form of frame and attachments for carrying the wheels of a sulky or riding plow. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1, viewed from the front, showing the wheels in working position. Fig. 3 is a face view of the outer plate of the furrow side. Fig. 4. is aface view of the outer plate of the land side.

Like letters of reference represent corresponding parts in the various figures.

The frame is of iron, and is constructed with sides a a a a. To the sides a a are secured circular plates b b. Each plate b is constructed with ears b b, cogs 'b on the upper half of the periphery, and a rigid hollow stud, b, and is secured to the frame by means of bolts 0 c and nuts 11 d. e is another circular plate, constructed with a hub,f, adapted to fit over the rigid stud b, so that the inner face of the outer plate works on the outer face of the inner or eogged plate.

It is a hand-lever, secured to the face of the platee between flanges g gby meansof abolt or bolts, j. The lever h is provided with a clip, k, engaging with the inner side of the cogged plate, so as to hold the lever to its work, and through which clip a draw-bolt,p, is operated 'by means of a rod, 0, pressed by a spring, l, actingon the free end of a bell-crank hand-lever, on, near the upper end of the lever. The outer plate is secured to the inner plate and frame by means of a bolt, a, passing through the three parts (plates and frame) and fastened by a nut, q. Between the head of the bolt a and hub of the outer plate is a washer, o. r is a clasp bolted to the inside of the plate b, and

extending in front of the outer plate, so as to form a hook, s, to hold the plates together and steady the outer plate in its rotary movement around the rigid hollow stud.

Fig. 3 represents the outer plate for use on the furrow side of the plow. This plate is provided with a spindle, u, for the furrow-wheel. This spindle may be secured to a projection, as indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 4 represents the outer plate for use on the land-side of the plow. This plate is preferably constructed with a projecting portion, t, to which the spindle u may be secured for the land-side wheel.

It will be observed that the plates are se cured to the sides of an iron frame instead of to an axle, as ordinarily constructed.

Both outer plates may be furnished with an elongation, t, equal to that shown.

Preferably the spindle of the carrying-wheel on the land side is at a greater radial distance from the axis of adjustment 5 but they may be equal or reversed.

The plates are secured to the frame in a higher position on the land side than on the furrow side, preferably.

The plates shown in Figs. 1 and 2 may be secured to either side of the frame a a, so as to use what is called a right-hand or a lefthand plow. In the drawings the carriage is represented as adapted for a right-hand plow.

When the spindles are i i the lowest. rosi ous frama of quadrangular shape made of flat tlon they \vil be in ii] e \viih (310i! her, br no, iron, to ienderit light, strong, and rigid, and ing the wheels to a leve n l elevai ng t in devising an effective means of securing to frame to adapt the im lemint fir rum \"11 such aframe the attachments on which the from place to place.

s ipportil gwvheels are mounted.

Iain aware thntplovshmehe re einmi- Hariny thus described my invention, the structe-d with near rm gninr fran es n l wit 1- fcliowing is what I claim as new and desire out through-u Xles. i am also aware ti at tie t secure by Letters Patent: carrying-wheels of pl w have htei nu unted 1. The combination of the iron frame a a, on bell-crank levers and n pivrtel pltes r ti e stationary side plates b b bolted thereto, frames of various kinds 0})I21tilg :f'er t1 e and the aijustrble outer plates 0 a, turning manner of b ll cr-ink ie (as both \'ii i id 11 on rigi l $tl1( s b' projecting from the faces Without througharles; ut I an n it in ue of the inner pl 68 e e, as described. that a sulky-plow has e '01- iefl '0 been re- 2. The nd) nation, with the iron frame a vised with an open frame so or nstrl r e l as to a of the inner plates 12 i) fixed thereto, the render it eflicient, strong and dma )i on ter plates carrying the wheel-spindles u 0n the 7th of August, 157', pate it WIS u, and turning; on rigid studs 11 11', the fastgranted to me for a mode )f nnuntin; and A ening-boits a, and clips 70 r, substantially as eratiug 313i0\\-i)6fllililliti its her ess nies, wh 01 at d for the purpose set forth.

necessitates the use of an open flame, preferably of quadrangular shape. ANbDL (YALE The merit; of my present invention is hei Witnesses:

lieved to consist in devising an improved coni I). H. SUNDERLAND,

struction of frame-that is to say, a continul J. H. BRADSHAW. 

